U.S. Imports Of Aluminum Oxide, Silicon Carbide, And Metallic Abrasives, By Country And Type

TABLE 6
U.S. IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE, SILICON CARBIDE, AND METALLIC
ABRASIVES, BY COUNTRY AND TYPE¹

	2010				2011
	Quantity		Value²		Quantity	Value²
Country	(metric tons)		(thousands)		(metric tons)	(thousands)
Aluminum oxide:
Crude:
Canada	7,180		$4,780		7,210	$5,390
China	108,000		59,700		141,000	87,500
Venezuela	20,400		11,400		28,200	17,500
Other	4,580		2,250		964	505
Total	141,000		78,100		177,000	111,000
Ground and refined:
Austria	8,010		14,400		8,720	15,500
Brazil	14,200		14,200		8,550	9,020
Canada	941		1,840		6,850	7,960
China	4,230		3,710		3,760	3,340
France	1,080		2,130		1,650	3,380
Germany	10,100		14,100		11,000	15,600
Hungary	2,530		2,430		1,870	1,830
Italy	1,720		2,160		1,790	2,150
Other	1,790	^r	3,120	^r	2,240	4,150
Total	44,600		58,000		46,400	62,900
Silicon carbide:
Crude:
Brazil	4,500		3,960		6,170	9,870
China	64,800		51,900		33,700	42,100
Netherlands	3,020		1,340		10,500	10,700
Romania	9,240		4,400		4,630	5,610
South Africa	10,500		10,900		19,000	22,800
Venezuela	6,240		3,460		34	852
Other	1,010	^r	2,750	^r	2,860	5,080
Total	99,300		78,700		76,800	97,100
Ground and refined:
Brazil	9,260		13,400		13,600	19,200
China	18,600		23,500		24,300	34,600
Germany	2,570		7,620		3,000	6,050
Japan	1,910		15,500		1,920	19,500
Norway	3,170		15,500		2,880	14,000
Russia	3,030		3,410		3,580	5,030
South Africa	2,610		3,430		1,410	2,930
Vietnam	1,280		1,250		408	399
Other	907	^r	2,300	^r	1,060	2,290
Total	43,400		85,900		52,200	104,000
Metallic abrasives:
Canada	9,610		6,990		10,800	8,840
China	1,550		2,810		2,220	3,710
Germany	1,810		1,510		2,650	2,250
Japan	978		1,990		1,510	3,020
Korea, Republic of	1,650		659		2,660	1,140
Sweden	26,500		10,200		28,100	14,000
Other	1,370	^r	1,100	^r	1,630	1,730
Total	43,400		25,300		49,600	34,700
^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Customs value.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.